ANAHITA

Transmitter is pleased to present ANAHITA, a solo exhibition and participatory installation by Iranian-American artist Amy Rose Khoshbin, curated by Lila Nazemian. Drawing from Anahita, the ancient Persian goddess associated with water, healing, fertility, and wisdom, Khoshbin transforms the gallery into a contemporary sanctuary where grief, play, ritual, and collective release become intertwined. Rooted in a fragmented cultural inheritance, ANAHITA draws from Persian and Zoroastrian mythology alongside Khoshbin's own experiences of queer embodiment, illness, and grief. Taking shape amid the protracted war with Iran, the exhibition turns toward ritual and material culture as living forms of knowledge, asking what they might offer in a present shaped by displacement, violence, ecological collapse, and loss. Through collage, sculpture, performance, textiles, and participatory ritual, Khoshbin brings inherited histories into contact with contemporary bodies and imagined futures. At its center, the sculptural work _Anahita's Grief Tent_ serves as a site for gathering, play, divination, and catharsis. Evolving through performance and audience participation over the course of its run, ANAHITA treats grief as water seeking movement, play as a form of agency, and ritual as a space for transformation.